Judge Nap Doesn’t Believe That The CIA Was Not Spying on Americans

While American citizens have been in an uproar over alleged unlawful surveillance conducted by governmental intelligence agencies, Judge Andrew Napolitano discussed on Fox News how serious the situation has become.

Appearing on “Special Report,” Napolitano explained that there was little doubt the CIA had been spying on Americans, judging by leaked documents from the agency released by WikiLeaks.

In fact, Napolitano believed the leaks, which evidenced the intrusiveness of the agency’s surveillance techniques, showed that our country was “one step away from totalitarianism.”

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The purported CIA documents released by WikiLeaks showed that intelligence officials were able to spy on Americans by using advanced technology such as smart televisions and phones, according to Fox News.

Those documents showed “conclusively and unambiguously that the CIA has been plying its tradecraft on Americans in the United States,” Napolitano said.

“I don’t buy the denials because my friends in the intelligence community don’t buy the denials,” he said, noting that he didn’t think anyone on the congressional intelligence committees was taking the denials seriously either.

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Napolitano said he was “happy” that someone released the information about the surveillance methods being used by intelligence agencies’ because it informed Americans about a serious “violation of constitutional liberties.”

“We’re one step away from totalitarianism when I’m in front of the microwave in my kitchen and they can hear what I’m talking about,” he said.

It’s a chilling thought for any American citizen, but Napolitano wasn’t finished yet.